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Subject: Social Studies/Blindness |
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1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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Diversity exists among us all. Some people must adapt to the world
because of differences. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Students will experience what it would be like to be without
the sense of sight.
2. Students will identify three things on their blind walk by using
their other senses besides sight, and collect things that they cannot
identify.
3. Students will have more of an understanding of the blind presenter.
4. Students will understand that each person is different but all
people are able to do things their own way.
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4. Objectives-
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1. Students will be good partners and will safely guide each other
on blind walks.
2. Students will discuss what they learned from their blind walk with
the whole class.
3. Students will compose questions to ask a blind presenter. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria.
blind folds
whistle
paper bags |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
As a class we will read The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
and Rosana Faria to get the point of view of the senses from a blind
child and see how it differs to their view.
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B. Development-
1. Tell the students that they have learned a lot about why their
senses are important to them, now you want them to experience what
it might be like to be without one of their senses.
2. Explain that one partner will be the guide while the other partner
wears the blindfold. It is very important that the guides keep their
partners safe. They must tell them when steps are coming and they
absolutely cannot allow them to bump into anything.
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C. Practice-
1. Help the students put on their blindfolds and make sure that
if they can see out of them, they keep their eyes closed.
2. Have the students walk around the playground and make sure their
partners take them to most parts of the area. (gravel, swings, blacktop.)
3. Give each student ten minutes to walk around, then switch.
4. Have them collect uncertain objects in their paper bags during
this time and have students use all other senses to observe area. |
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D. Independent Practice-
Students will compose several questions for our blind guest speaker.
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Some students may need help writing their questions for the guest
speaker. This can be done with you writing while they tell, or by
guiding them with spelling.
2. Students with limited mobility may have to be guided by an instructor
and be given objects to detect throughout the walk.
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F. Checking for understanding-
Students will reflect on what they've noticed by losing one of their
five senses through in class discussion. How did it feel to not be
able to see? What kinds of sounds did they notice outside. Could they
tell what part of the playground they were on by the way the ground
felt under their feet?
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G. Closure-
1. Students will draw their own image, like one from the book we
read as a class, that they experienced when being "blind."
2. These pictures will be hung in the classroom. |
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7. Evaluation-
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Students will express what they learned on the blind walk by discussing
what it felt like to not be able to see and by sharing what other
senses they used. |
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